Eos

The Hidden Costs of Mining River Sand

River sand and gravel fuel global construction, but their extraction is reshaping rivers, ecosystems, and communities faster ...

Study finds river sand mining is outstripping nature's supply

The sand used to build cities, roads and other infrastructure is being removed from many rivers faster than nature can ...
Phys.org

Unsustainable sand mining is threatening lives along the Mekong River in Cambodia

It's a resource used in global construction and mined from rivers and coasts across the world. Now new research, as part of a project led by University of Southampton, has shown sand mining is causing ...
WWNO

Nonstop dredging kept the Mississippi River open this year, but moving mountains of sand creates its own problems

Historic low flows turned the Mississippi River into a construction area in 2023, as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredged huge quantities of sand to keep the channel open for barge traffic.